Orkney Brewery Skull Splitter (Bottle)

Skull Splitter (Bottle)
(Batch of Skull Splitter)

 

Orkney Brewery in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular
Score
7.02
ABV: 8.5% IBU: 55 Ticks: 258 Ticks (all batches): 258
A rich fruity wine-like complexity on the palate includes fresh and dried fruits, warm exotic spice and light summer citrus fruits. Sophisticated, satiny smooth with a deceptively light character.
 

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From a 33 cl bottle. Poours a clear amber brown with an ecru head. Caramel nose. Flavors of caramel and butterscotch with some herbal notes. Smooth, somewhat sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2014 at 15:54

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
33cl Bottle, tfs R&J! Clear reddish amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of Christmas cake, red fruits, alcohol, caramel, quite sweet. Flavour is sweet, malty, fruity, red fruits, cake, confit fruits, caramel, alcohol, malty and light-hoppy bitter finish. Medium-bodied, light alcoholic. OK stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2014 at 11:54

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Clear, dark brown. Creamy, offwhite head. Aroma has malt and wood. Flavour is boozy, more wood, dried fruit. Long, boozy finish. Nice.
Tried on 09 Aug 2014 at 13:59

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear copper brown with airy but stable off-white head. clear aroma of malt, barrel, vinous notes and booze in the long nose. Bitter flavour of hops and alcohol, complemented by sweet notes of caramel malt and fruit, and pronounced touches of barrel. Warming alcohol presence. Sweetish and boozy aftertaste. A good one.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2014 at 13:58

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Flaska hos god vän. Mörkt kopparfärgad vätska. Härliga dofter av karamell och toffe, precis som det skall vara. Smaken överraskar då inget från doften återkommer. Både kola och karamell är borta. Stram och torr med en fyllig munkänsla. Trevlig luring.
Tried on 24 Jul 2014 at 08:55

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
dobre piwo smaczne slodowe i alkoholowe nieco niestety. Koloru czerwono brazowego. Piana niewielka i niezbyt trwala. Karmelowa slodowosc nieco jakby torfowy posmak. Koncowka alkoholowa, ale szlachetna podobna do rumu.
Tried on 15 Jul 2014 at 09:45

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
500 ml bottle into snifter, bottled on 5/8/2012. Pours fairly cloudy deep reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, toast, brown sugar, raisin, fig, plum, dark bread, light roast, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good complexity and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast ester, and earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big caramel, toast, brown sugar, raisin, plum, fig, dark bread, light roast, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light earthy/herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, raisin, fig, plum, toast, dark bread, light roast, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast ester, and earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/yeast flavor balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light carbonation and medium bodied; with a smooth, fairly creamy, and lightly slick/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice scotch ale. All around good complexity and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast ester, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2014 at 19:58

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
BOTTLE 33CL

Look: clear ruby, beige-orange small frothy head with poor retention.
Aroma: mostly alcohol and sweet caramel liquor, malt, glue and other spicy aging notes - leather? ripe fruit notes.
Taste: sweet with alcohol spice providing the dry balance, quite a bit of warming alcohol, low phenolic bitterness, quite clean - not much fruity notes.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2014 at 01:55

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein rötlichbraunes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, süß, würzig, nussig, Karamell. Geschmack röstmalzig süß, nussig, Karamell, Gewürze.
Tried on 12 Apr 2014 at 12:57

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Argo’s, Stromness. Pours clear mahogany, short-lived off white head. Aromas are demerara sugar, fruity, mixed spice. Taste brings a herbal note. Medium body, sticky texture, sweet finish. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2014 at 09:11